Accession No
Z 29946
Description
Cup; Yaqona cup; Kava cup - Coconut drinking cup.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji
Period
Source
Gordon Cumming.Constance.Frederica [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 29946; O.X.903B.H
Cultural Affliation
Material
Nut; Wool
Local Term
Bilo
Measurements
Events
Loan (Exhibition)
\'Off the beaten track: three centuries of women travellers\'; Exhibition opening in June 2004, finished end October 2004.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in blue ink:] 'Z. 29946 MELANESIA FIJI. Drinking cup of coconut. Label. Miss Gordon Cummings. O.X. 903B.H.' A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Coconut drinking cup.
Event Date 1/9/1997
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Small drinking cup for yaqona made from half a coconut shell. The surface is very polished and smooth inside. The inside also shows a yellow-ish patina. The outer surface is also polished. The protruding bottom formed by the three ridges of the coconut shell is pierced. A fragment of red wool is still attached to the hole. On the outside of the shell, 'Z 29946' and 'O.X.903 B H.' inscribed in white ink near the lip.
Event Date 21/9/2012
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 25/4/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden
FM:110397
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